artefacts

Man charged after ‘priceless’ Egyptian artefacts stolen from Australian museum, police say
A man has been charged after "priceless" Egyptian artefacts were stolen from a museum, Australian police have said.The 52-year-old suspect is accused of smashing a window at the Abbey...
Holocaust artefacts sent to Auschwitz archives after auction backlash
Hundreds of Holocaust-related documents whose planned auction in Germany sparked international outrage have been handed over to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation.According to a statement issued by the foundation on Friday,...
Hundreds of artefacts stolen from museum in Bristol in ‘high-value’ raid as police issue appeal
More than 600 artefacts have been stolen from a building housing items belonging to a museum in Bristol.The items were taken from Bristol Museum's British Empire and Commonwealth collection...
Egypt recovers new artefacts submerged in the Mediterranean
Egypt has recovered new sunken artefacts from the Mediterranean Sea near the northern city of Alexandria for the first time in nearly 25 years, officials said on Thursday.Divers used...
European police operation seizes 38,000 looted cultural artefacts
Investigators and customs officers from 23 countries have seized around 38,000 valuable cultural objects and arrested 80 suspects in the fight against the international theft of cultural property, the...
Uni finds 350,000 African artefacts in storage
An estimated 350,000 African artefacts, from human remains and photographs to natural history specimens and manuscripts, have been found in a university's collections.Dr Eva Namusoke spent 15 months liaising...